Publications

Under Review / submitted

Viana-Soto, A., Mense, J. A., Kowalski, K., Pauls, J., Gieseke, F., & Senf, C. (2026). Deep learning-based forest disturbance mapping for Europe using Landsat time series. Under review
Besnard, S., Viana-Soto, A., Hartmann, H., Patacca, M., Heinrich, V. H. A., Kowalski, K., Santoro, M., De Keersmaecker, W., Van De Kerchove, R., Herold, M., & Senf, C. (2025). Natural disturbances increasingly affect Europe’s most mature and carbon-rich forests. Under review. Preprint at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6288
Senf, C., Mohr J.S., Viana-Soto, A., Kowalski, K., Seidl, R., Huth, A. (2025). Nonlinear gap expansion accelerates disturbance-induced forest change. Under review
Reiner, R., Senf, C., Gressmann, G., Filli, F., Viana-Soto, A., Anderwald, P. (2025). Climate change differentially affects horn growth through regional vegetation change in an alpine ungulate.
Bakx, T. R. M., Pocull, G., Plumanns-Pouton, E., (…), Viana-Soto, A., Xu, Y., Zavattoni, G., Brotons, L. (2026). Forest disturbance effects on the abundance of European birds are mediated by forest cover, region, and habitat association. Submitted
Lecina-Diaz, J., Lloret, F., Triviño, M., Stritih, A., Hochholzer, K., Mohr, J. S., Muñoz Mazón, M., Coll, L., Dressel, S., Fustel, T., Hlásny, T., Honkaniemi, J., Lindner, M., Oliveras Menor, I., Millington, J. D. A., Piqué, M., Potterf, M., Regos, A., Repo, A., Sotirov, M. G., Varela, E., Viana-Soto, A., Seidl, R. (2026). Identifying indicators of social-ecological adaptive capacity to forest disturbances in Europe. Under review
De Keersmaecker, W., Verhegghen, A., Bertels, L., Senf, C., Viana-Soto, A., Verkerk, P. J., Zanaga, D., & Van De Kerchove, R. (2026). Mapping forest canopy height over Europe by integrating Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, GEDI, and ICESat-2 data. Submitted
Viana-Soto, A. et al. (in prep. 2026). Reburns reshape structural complexity in southern European forests.
Senf, C., Wieland-Glasmann, F., Kowalski, K., Jakimow, B., Behrens, A.-K., Hanzig, M., Hänle, J., Heinrich, J., Hostlowsky, A., Maurer, N. B., Voggeneder, K., & Viana-Soto, A., (in prep. 2026). A European forest disturbance database for robust area estimation and map validation.

Published

[19] Kowalski, K., Viana-Soto, A., Brandt, M., Ciais, P., De Keersmaecker, W., Fensholt, R., Pugh, T. A. M., Xu, Y., Senf, C. (2025). Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe. Accepted – In press Nature Geoscience

[18] Schneider, P., Pellissier‑Tanon, A., Zhou, C., Ciais, P., Piedallu, C., Viana‑Soto, A., Lever, J., & Gessler, A. (2026). Hidden Climate Stressors: A Complex Interplay of Climate Anomalies Shapes European Tree Mortality. Accepted – In press Nature Communications

[17] Oeser, J., Kowalczyk, R., Kuijper, D., Neumann, W., Seidl, R., Senf, C., Reiner, R., Bluhm, H., Bonnot, N. Borger, R., Borowik, T., (….) Viana-Soto, A., (27th out of >60), Sobczuk, M., Šprem, N., Sunde, P., Tamás T., Tracz, M., Wołoszyn-Gałęza, A., Kuemmerle, T. (2026). Increasing forest disturbance enhances habitat suitability for Europe’s large herbivores. Accepted – In press Nature Ecology and Evolution

[16] Miguel, S., Lines, E., Tanase, M., Viana-Soto, A., Senf, C., & Ruiz-Benito, P. (2026). Unravelling the spatial and temporal variability of natural disturbances in European forests. Journal of Applied Ecology – https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70344

[15] Viana-Soto, A., & Senf, C. (2026). Forest reburns are integral to southern Europe’s disturbance regimes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35, 2. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70198

[14] Potterf, M., Schattenberg, C., Krüger, K., Hochholzer, K., Rammer, W., Grünig, M., Braziunas, K. H., Dollinger, C., Erhardt, A., Gégout, J.-C., Geres, L., (…), Thom, D., Viana-Soto, A., Zou, J.-Y., & Seidl, R. (2026). Tree regeneration after unprecedented forest disturbances in Central Europe is robust but maladapted to climate change. Global Change Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70734

[13] Espelta, J.M., Viana-Soto, A., Molowny-Horas, R., de Caceres, M., Selwyn, M., Banqué, M., Brotons, Ll., Lloret, F., Martínez-Vilalta, J., Piqué, M., Senf, C. (2025). Natura 2000 and non-protected forests differ on harvesting extent but not on wildfires and drought-driven decay: A long-term comparison (1985-2023). Journal of Applied Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70282

[12] Viana-Soto, A. & Senf, C. (2025). The European Forest Disturbance Atlas: a forest disturbance monitoring system using the Landsat archive. Earth System Science Data, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2373-2025

[11] Miguel, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Rebollo, P., Viana-Soto, A., Mihai, M. C., García-Martín, A., & Tanase, M. (2024). Forest disturbance regimes and trends in continental Spain (1985–2023) using dense Landsat time series. Environmental Research, 262, 119802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119802

[10] Mandl, L., Viana-Soto, A., Stritih, A., Seidl, R., & Senf, C. (2024). Unmixing-based forest recovery indicators for predicting long-term recovery success. Remote Sensing of Environment, 308, 114194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114194

[9] Viana-Soto, A., Okujeni, A., Pflugmacher, D., García, M., Aguado, I., & Hostert, P. (2022). Quantifying post-fire shifts in woody-vegetation cover composition in Mediterranean pine forests using Landsat time series and regression-based unmixing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 281, 113239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113239

[8] Moreno-Fernández, D., Camarero, J. J., García, M., Lines, E., Tijerín, J., Valeriano, C., Viana-Soto, A., Zavala, M. A. & Ruíz-Benito, P. (2022) The interplay of the tree and stand-level processes mediate drought-induced forest dieback: evidence from complementary remote sensing and tree-ring approaches. Ecosystems 25 (8), 1738-1753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00793-2

[7] Viana-Soto, A., García, M., Aguado, I., & Salas, J. (2022). Assessing post-fire forest structure recovery by combining LiDAR data and Landsat time series in Mediterranean pine forests. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 108, 102754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102754

[6] Moreno-Fernández, D., Viana-Soto, A., Camarero, J. J., Zavala, M. A., Tijerín, J., & García, M. (2021). Using spectral indices as early warning signals of forest dieback: The case of drought-prone Pinus pinaster forests. Science of The Total Environment, 793, 148578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148578

[5] Torres, P., Rodes-Blanco, M., Viana-Soto, A., Nieto, H., & García, M. (2021). The Role of Remote Sensing for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest Health: A Systematic Evidence Synthesis. Forests, 12(8), 1134. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12081134

[4] Viana-Soto, A., Aguado, I., Salas, J., & García, M. (2020). Identifying Post-Fire Recovery Trajectories and Driving Factors Using Landsat Time Series in Fire-Prone Mediterranean Pine Forests. Remote Sensing, 12(9), 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091499

[3] García, M., North, P., Viana-Soto, A., Stavros, N. E., Rosette, J., Martín, M. P. … & Zhao, K. (2020). Evaluating the potential of LiDAR data for fire damage assessment: A radiative transfer model approach. Remote Sensing of Environment, 247, 111893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111893

[2] Viana-Soto, A. & Pérez-Alberti, A. (2019). Periglacial deposits as indicators of paleotemperatures. A case study in the Iberian Peninsula: The mountains of Galicia. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2026

[1] Viana-Soto, A., Aguado, I. & Martínez, S. (2017). Assessment of Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery Using Fire Severity and Geographical Data in the Mediterranean Region (Spain). Environments, 4, 90. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments4040090

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